Unsuitable Meaning
/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot suitable.
Sentence Examples
Your dress is unsuitable for the occasion.
In my opinion, it's quite unsuitable.
The unsuitable way you dress calls attention to you.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The casual shorts were ____ for the formal wedding ceremony, so he changed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager decided that the old office was ____ for the needs of the growing company and started looking for a new site today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English suitable English unsuitable From un- + suitable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation."
— 1944, John A. Pope, “Geography”, in China (Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies), number 20, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 7:
"It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach."
— 1957 December 26, J. G. Alderson, “By Rail Through the Andes in Ecuador”, in Railway Magazine, page 837:
"Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]"
— 1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The casual shorts were ____ for the formal wedding ceremony, so he changed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager decided that the old office was ____ for the needs of the growing company and started looking for a new site today.